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Poor-condition survival recorded
The miniature pumping mill survives in very poor condition.
Site overview
Wickhambreux Windpump is recorded as a miniature hollow-post pumping mill near Wickhambreux. Windmill records place the site at about 51.29890, 1.20179 and identify it as a post mill rather than a corn mill. It was a small drainage or pumping structure, using the hollow post form in which the drive passed down through the post.
The surviving structure is recorded as being in very poor condition. The site therefore represents a rare small-scale wind-powered pumping survival in the Stour valley landscape, distinct from the larger corn-milling smock and tower mills recorded elsewhere in east Kent.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Wickhambreux Windpump is a small hollow-post pumping mill recorded near Wickhambreux. Unlike the larger corn windmills of Kent, it was a miniature pumping mill, with the hollow-post form used to transmit power down through the post. Its location lies within the low-lying drainage landscape around Wickhambreux and the Great Stour, where wind power could be applied to water management as well as to corn milling.
Modern windmill records identify the site as a surviving miniature pumping mill, but in very poor condition. Its significance lies in the survival of a rare wind-powered pumping type rather than in a long commercial milling history. Wickhambreux Windpump preserves a small but distinctive element of Kent's wind-powered drainage heritage.
Timeline
1800–1899
Hollow-post windpump recorded
The Wickhambreux site is recorded as a miniature hollow-post pumping mill.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
List of windmills in Kent
Kent windmill reference works
List of windmills in Kent
Kent windmill reference works